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Alex Shephard

Alex Shephard is senior editor of The New Republic, where he has covered politics and culture since 2015. His work has also appeared in New York, GQ, The Atlantic, The Nation, and other publications.  

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February 24, 2017
Alex Shephard
What Just Happened?! A Review of President Trump’s Fifth Week.
This week was pretty bad. But next week will be worse.
February 22, 2017
MagazineAlex Shephard
The D.C. Think Tank Behind Donald Trump
How the Heritage Foundation is shaping the president's playbook.
February 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
When it wasn’t terrifying, Donald Trump’s “campaign-style” rally was stale.
February 17, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is so petty.
February 17, 2017
Alex Shephard
What Just Happened?! A Review of President Trump’s Fourth Week.
This week was pretty bad. But next week will be worse.
February 16, 2017
Alex Shephard
Michael Flynn is screwed. And that’s bad news for Donald Trump.
February 16, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump thinks all black people know each other.
February 16, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump’s first solo press conference was a nationally televised meltdown.
February 16, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is coming for the leakers.
February 15, 2017
Alex Shephard
Andrew Puzder proves that there is such a thing as too much baggage for the Trump cabinet.
February 15, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump just made things worse for himself (if that’s possible).
February 15, 2017
Alex Shephard
Mike Pence is scheming.
February 15, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is panicking.
February 14, 2017
Alex Shephard
The White House can’t get its story straight on Michael Flynn.
February 14, 2017
Alex Shephard
The GOP is going to own the Michael Flynn scandal, too.
February 14, 2017
Alex Shephard
Obama went eight years without a major White House scandal. Trump lasted three weeks.
February 13, 2017
Alex Shephard
Andrew Puzder is the Democrats’ last best chance of stopping a Trump cabinet nominee.
February 13, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is playing Apprentice with Michael Flynn, Reince Priebus, and Sean Spicer.
February 13, 2017
Alex Shephard
The GOP’s “accommodate not confront” is a perfectly craven slogan for the Trump era.
February 10, 2017
Alex Shephard
Watch Jason Chaffetz get owned by his constituents over and over again.

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